Vincent R. Dinino

Vincent Rairden DiNino was born in Manhattan, Kansas, on October 25, 1918. When Vince came to The University of Texas in Austin in 1955, a new era of bands opened up. He was to the band program at the university what Darrell Royal was to football. The first challenge he had was to sell the band directors of Texas on the Longhorn Band. During his twenty years as Longhorn Band Director, the band made 17 bowl game performances. The Longhorn Band and Michigan Band are the only major university bands to perform at the Super Bowl. Many of the ideas that Vince introduced with the Longhorn Band have stood the test of time and are very much a part of today’s performances. He introduced March Grandioso, as well as March of the Longhorns and The Wabash Cannonball.